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My sincere thanks to douglas for inviting me to come to the national archives. Its such a pleasure being in this beautiful city with such a rich history and thank you all so much for coming. I really appreciate it and im very eager to hear your questions and your comments. So let me begin with the inspiration behind this project. This project was inspired by a story that my aunt told me about a distant cousin who grew up on the south side of chicago in the 1930s. The story begins with a parade. The historic but. And parade, an annual parade that continues to this day. On isis lang summer morni...

Born in West Virginia, Ada “Bricktop” Smith taught Paris to do the Charleston. A new Smithsonian exhibition shines a light on her and other influential women of the Lost Generation.

Eva Recinos talks to Charlene Prempeh, the author of "Now You See Me" on the contributions of Black thinkers and creatives across the fashion, architect…

The art of Geoffrey Holder, a polymath famous as an actor, dancer, Broadway director, and more, has long been underappreciated until recently.

Drawings, photographs, sculptures and paintings at the Dallas Art Fair ran from high brow charm to low brow elegance.